Gwinnett Daily Post

...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...AND BLOWING
SNOW TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY
INTO TONIGHT...
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY MOVE OFF THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST TODAY INTO TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND
ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAVE COMBINED IN THE WAKE OF THIS
SYSTEM TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE
BLOWING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE BORDER
COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AWAY FROM THE
BORDER...WITH LESSER ACCUMULATIONS FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS. SOME DEEP SNOW DRIFTS ALONG WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES TODAY NEAR THE IMMEDIATE
TENNESSEE BORDER.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.
* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS RABUN COUNTY IN THE EXTREME
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.
* HAZARDS...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW AT
TIMES...ALONG WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS.
* TIMING...INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF THIS
EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS AND THEN SLACKEN TOWARD EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES
ACROSS SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES IN
RABUN...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA BORDER.
* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL MAKE ROADS AND BRIDGES
SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW
AND REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. A FEW POWER OUTAGES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
* TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES.
* VISIBILITY...FALLING TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIEST
SNOW SHOWERS.